Sunday, July 06, 2008

Good Morning Country People

It sure is nice having chickens again. At least it is nice when I put the expense out of my mind considering how much it cost me to build the coop and fence in an area for them and feed them.

They are nice because they seem appreciative of everything. They flock around every day when I freshen their water. They get vocal when they see me coming toward them with a basket of weeds I just pulled from the garden. They dance around excitedly as I get ready to feed them their Layena and cracked corn. They love kitchen scraps.

I’m not even minding the roosters that crow at first light, though two of them will be soon dispatched to the freezer. I’ve had roosters before whose voices weren’t very pretty at all, sounding like an old mountain school bus horn. I’ve had other roosters that had sharp voices that pierced the walls and closed windows of the house like a combination of a chain saw mixed with a car alarm.

I am figuring all my new neighbors are enjoying the sounds of my roosters as much as they are sure I’m enjoying the sounds of their motorcycles, auto bass speakers and horn blowing every time they get in or out of their cars. I was going to go roosterless, but I think I will definitely keep one of them around for the country living thing that everyone seems to move out here for.

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We have a lot of people in our general vicinity, including right across the street, who have chickens now. The young couple across the street has been gracious enough to allow me to take my 2-yr-old grandson into their back yard at any time to see their 4 hens. He just LOVES doing that! And the wife told me to check the nest area, that we can take eggs from there, too, if we like. I had the opportunity the first time to try and teach Dylan about holding things 'gentle' as we tried to transport two eggs home. Sadly, one fell on the driveway and cracked! You shouldve seen the expression on his face, ha!